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Families Outside
412-820-2050
Provides transportation and visitation support to families of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutions.
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Inmate Family Services
215-564-6005, ext. 100
Services include:12 week support group for children of incarcerated parents;parenting classes inside prison; transportation to Pennsylvania state prisons; video visitation to some PA state prisons; advocacy on behalf of Children’s Bill of Rights and other issues regarding the impact of incarceration on people in prison and their families.
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Children’s Literacy Foundation
802-244-0944
Waterbury Center, Vt: The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) is awarding two year-long grants promoting family literacy to the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, Vt. and the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord, NH. The grant helps incarcerated parents and their children connect through reading.
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Nebraska Department of Corrections Parenting Program
402-362-3317
Provides parenting education to inmates, in addition to a nursery, day visits, and over-night visits for children.
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Friends and Family of Incarcerated Persons
702-870-5577
FFIP is a support and advocacy group working mainly with the friends and family of inmates outside of prisons.
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New Hampshire Department of Corrections Family Connection Center
603-271-2255
The FCC provides parenting education, parenting support groups, recording books on CD’s, life skills seminars and internet video visitation for incarcerated mothers and fathers in the NH State Prison system. Currently, FCC provides employment classes, relationship classes for couples and family reentry planning for incarcerarted fathers and their families. FCC has partnered with community agencies to create a support group for the partners of inmates and their children
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New Jersey Department of Corrections Resource Guide
Resources for families of incarcerated people
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Parent Reentry Programming
505-877-7060
PB&J Family Services has a 25 year history creating trusting relationships with incarcerated parents and their families. Services are provided to parents within correctional facilities, to children and caretakers within the community, and post-release support through home visiting, therapeutic bonding-attachment programs, weekly support groups, and a workforce development center.
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The Osborne Association
1-800-344-3314
Parents, families, and prisoners assistance in New York State
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Prison Families of New York
518-453-6659
They “teach prison” to families; train those who work with children and families of prisoners; work on New York State policy development and advocacy; hold support groups; have a interactive website.
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Kairos Outside of North Carolina
Kairos Outside is designed to support the wives, mothers and female relatives of men and women who are incarcerated.
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NC Department of Correction, Division of Prisons - Offender Family Services
919-838-3629
Liaison for families of offenders with the NC Department of Corrections. Provides psychosocial support, crisis intervention, information and referral, transition services, and information and education of the criminal justice system.
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North Dakota Department of Health
1.800.472.2286
Resource guide of organizations listed in a directory to offer a variety of services; please contact them for more information related to the services offered. There are many organizations, state agencies, businesses and other entities that offer services to children, women and families.
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Pathfinders of Oregon
503.892.5396
Support for families with an incarcerated member, resources
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Parenting Inside Out
www.childrensjusticealliance.org
503-977-6399
Our mission is to improve outcomes for children whose parents are involved in the criminal justice system. Direct service programs and systems change efforts are implemented throughout Oregon. CJA markets curriculum and training opportunities for Parenting Inside Out, our population-specific parenting curriculum, nationally.
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